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Nepenthes (To the species and hybrids)

To the species and hybrids described on pp. 435-9, Vol. II., the following should now be added:

N. amabilis (lovely). Pitchers mottled with dark crimson, freely produced. 1886. A garden hybrid between N. Hookeri and N. Rafflesiana, of good habit; it bears closer resemblance to the former parent.

N. compacta (compact). Pitchers produced in abundance, about 5in. long and 8in. in circumference, reddish-purple, sometimes shaded with violet, splashed and marbled with creamy-white, the margins and mouth creamy-white; lid spotted. 1881. A distinct variety, of compact habit. N. Curtisii (Curtis'). l. sub-coriaceous, glabrous above, sparsely glandulose beneath, 8in. long. Pitchers about 8in. long, dull green, thickly mottled with purple, ascending, the throat shining; lid cordate-ovate, acute, about the size of the mouth of the pitcher, prettily marbled with purple on a pale ground. Borneo, 1887. (G. C. ser. iii., vol. ii., p. 689.) N. cylindrica (cylindrical). l. spreading, broadly oblanceolate, oblong, 8in. to 12in. long, narrowed into a winged petiole, Pitchers 6in. to 8in. long, 1in. to 1 1/2in. in diameter, pale green, with a few scattered, crimson spots and markings, cylindrical, slightly inflated below the middle; mouth frilled; lid oval, with a depressed mid-nerve, horizontal or slightly fornicate over the aperture. 1887. A hybrid between N. Veitchii and N. hirsuta glabrescens. (G. C. ser. iii., vol. ii., p. 521.) N. excelsior (advanced). Pitchers 9in. deep, richly mottled with purple-red and chocolate-brown on a light green ground, oblong, rounded at base. 1883. A hybrid between N. Rafflesiana and N. Hookeriana.

N. Findlayana (Findlay's). Pitchers pale green, mottled with reddish-crimson, medium-sized, produced in profusion. 1886. Garden hybrid. N. Henryana (Henry Williams'). Pitchers about 7in. long, reddish-purple, variegated with green; throat light green, with violet spots; mouth crimson, shaded with violet; lip round, suffused with rosy-lake. A hybrid between N. Hookeriana and N. Sedeni. (I. H. ser. v. 15.) N. Hibberdii (Hibberd's). Pitchers blood-red, spotted with pale yellowish-green, green inside; lid green outside, indistinctly marked with dull red on the inside. 1883. Garden hybrid.

N. nigro-purpurea (dark purple). l. leathery, glabrescent, acute at both ends. Pitchers dull purplish-brown, marked only by a few scattered, paler spots, pouch or bag-shaped, 6in. long, 2 1/2in. in diameter, with a few stellate hairs; wings rather broad, fringed with teeth; mouth obliquely ovate, bordered by a rim of purple or whitish ribs; lid purple, mottled on the lower surface, ovate-oblong. Borneo, 1882. Probably of specific rank. (G. C. n. s., xviii., p. 425.) N. Paradisae (Paradise Nurseries). Pitchers rich crimson, marked with pale green, very much narrowed in the centre, 4in. to 5in. long, 2in. to 2 1/2in. broad at the widest part, the edge of the throat and the inside of the lid green, the outside of the lid marked reddish. 1883. Garden hybrid.